Gourd Lime Container
Trobriand Islands
1970s or 1980s
Gourd, decorated with burnt-in designs, rolled banana leaves and a pig tusk
Overall: 8 7/16 × 6 11/16 × 6 11/16 in. (21.5 × 17 × 17 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Cynthia and Douglas McCollum in memory of Audrey and Robert McCollum
2018.29.14
Geography
Place Made: Trobrian Islands, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania
Period
20th century
Object Name
Vessel
Research Area
Oceania
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Audrey and Robert McCollum; to thier children, Cynthia and Douglas McCollum; given to present collection, 2018.
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